American cemeteries

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American cemeteries are burial grounds in the United States that often reflect distinctive landscape design, cultural traditions, and historical memorial practices.

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Label Occurrences
American cemeteries canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf burial ground ⓘ
cemetery type ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
hasCharacteristic are influenced by Christian burial traditions ⓘ
are subject to state and local cemetery regulations ⓘ
in some cases include green burial sections ⓘ
include both public and private burial grounds ⓘ
include both secular and religious burial grounds ⓘ
increasingly accommodate diverse religious and secular practices ⓘ
may be designed as lawn-park cemeteries ⓘ
may be designed as memorial parks with minimal upright monuments ⓘ
may be designed as rural or garden cemeteries ⓘ
may be listed on historic registers ⓘ
may be operated by municipalities ⓘ
may be operated by private companies ⓘ
may be operated by religious institutions ⓘ
may be operated by the federal government ⓘ
may include cremation gardens ⓘ
may include elaborate monuments and statues ⓘ
may include mausoleums and columbaria ⓘ
may include potter’s fields for the indigent or unidentified ⓘ
may include religious symbolism on gravestones ⓘ
may include water features such as ponds or fountains ⓘ
often contain family plots ⓘ
often contain military sections or veterans’ graves ⓘ
often feature flat markers in lawn cemeteries ⓘ
often feature upright headstones ⓘ
often have perpetual care or endowment care funds ⓘ
often include chapels or ceremonial structures ⓘ
often include columbaria for cremated remains ⓘ
often include entrance gates and boundary walls or fences ⓘ
often include internal roadways for vehicle access ⓘ
often include landscaped grounds ⓘ
often include memorial sections for specific wars ⓘ
often include memorial walls or cenotaphs ⓘ
often include sections designated by family or clan ⓘ
often include sections designated by fraternal organizations ⓘ
often include sections designated by religious affiliation ⓘ
often include sections for children’s burials ⓘ
often include trees and ornamental plantings ⓘ
often include veterans’ sections with standardized markers ⓘ
often maintain burial records and plot maps ⓘ
often organized with grid-like layouts or curving paths ⓘ
often segregated historically by religion, race, or ethnicity ⓘ
often serve as green spaces in urban areas ⓘ
often serve as historic sites ⓘ
often serve as places of public memory ⓘ
reflect cultural traditions of the United States ⓘ
reflect historical memorial practices ⓘ
locatedIn United States of America ⓘ
purpose preserve historical and genealogical information ⓘ
provide burial places for the dead in the United States ⓘ
provide spaces for mourning and remembrance ⓘ
relatedConcept American funeral practices ⓘ
United States military cemeteries ⓘ
national cemeteries in the United States ⓘ

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William Saunders → designed → American cemeteries ⓘ